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Hello ppl
I need to find a way to prevent the users of computers that run my application from changing the time an date (Windows' clock).
The OS is windows home edition and there is no administrative option for limiting such acts as fa as I can see.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
In case you are wondering my application needs accurate time and date reading. By changing the clock setting potential users can fool the system to allow unauthorized (unscheduled) actions. That's what I am trying to prevent.
Put an Inet control in your program and query a time server periodically. You can't prevent users from doing things to the computer when your program isn't running.
Yes. I think, if windows is not allowing you to restrict it then how vb will do that. I don't think it's possible. As Al42 said, you need to query the time server.
The application will be running on 3 sepate computers. So time server is not avaialble. Also it will be running constantly (users cannot close the program).
There has to a be a way to do this, how?
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by SaharaWizard
Users are logging into this computers for specific purposes (education) the application is suppposed to monitor their progres. It will run as long as comuter is on. If users are able to cheat the time by changing the clock and getting more time the whole exercise becomebes useless.
Users are logging into this computers for specific purposes (education) the application is suppposed to monitor their progres. It will run as long as comuter is on. If users are able to cheat the time by changing the clock and getting more time the whole exercise becomebes useless.
So question is how to I read the coorect time or prevent them frm changing the clock??
Then perhaps use something like GetTickCount to monitor the time of the tasks (i presume it's some sort of test) instead to querying the system time.
That wont work.
any particular reason why?
I am trying to scedukle events and force users to respec the shedule. How would number of seconds since computers starting can be helpful?? They can reboot the machine and mess everything up. What I need is a foolproof way to keep the time correct and not to let the users change the time to extend their permission for certain things.
Any ideas?
i'm am almost positive you can restrict this using the local security policy :s i was almost positive it worked with home 2 i may be wrong tho
Have you tried Fortres 101 yet?